In this film, Chip ‘n’ Dale are having a fine time playing robber and sheriff in the old west until they happen across Pete, the infamous bank robber, and round him up for a $10,000 reward. Note the film’s use of the name “Gower Gulch Bank.” Gower Gulch was the insider nickname for a stretch …
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To help raise money for the creation of Disneyland, Walt Disney decided to develop the Disneyland television series, approaching CBS, NBC, and ABC, the three television networks at the time. While he tried to sell each network the show, he also insisted that investing in his park would be part of the deal. Since most …
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This classic Disney cartoon, in which the highfalutin Professor Owl takes his students on a fanciful journey back in time to teach them the principal characteristics of brass, woodwind, string, and percussion instruments, respectively, is noted for several important firsts. It was the first cartoon produced in CinemaScope. And it was the first cartoon distributed …
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Imagine… it’s this day in 1955 and the biggest names in television history are gathered at the Seventh Annual Emmy Awards®. The nominees for Best Variety Series Including Musical Variety are The George Gobel Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, Toast of the Town, Your Hit Parade, The Jack Benny Show Program, and a television newcomer… …
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Comin’ at ya on this day in 1953 was the Donald Duck cartoon short Working For Peanuts, filmed in 3D! In this short, Donald is a zookeeper who encounters the rambunctious Chip and Dale, who have discovered that hanging out by the elephant exhibit is a surefire way to steal peanuts. Working For Peanuts had …
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The first feature-length True-Life Adventure, The Living Desert, was originally released on this day in 1953. Following the success of the True-Life Adventure featurettes, The Living Desert took audiences into the world of desert tortoises, rattlesnake, wildcats, and other desert dwellers. In addition to winning the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature, The Living Desert …
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When a trio of stray cats find themselves in the blistering cold snow, they seek refuge in an inviting looking house, where they proceed to wreak havoc on the place, much to the chagrin of the house cook in Three Orphan Kittens, which was released on this day in 1935. The kittens in this Silly …
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On this day in 1953, hunting season on bears was open with the Donald Duck cartoon short Rugged Bear. That bumbling bruin, Humphrey, who first appeared in the 1950 short Hold That Pose, returned to the big screen. Terrified of being shot, he takes cover in Donald’s cabin where he prefers to grin and “bear” …
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Long ago, in a land before theme parks, a man named Walt Disney had an idea for a happy place called Disneyland. Disneyland would be a magical world, called something no one had ever heard of before—a “theme park.” There had been amusement parks, but never a park with themed lands filled with lush details. …
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Disney Legend Marvin Davis was an art director at 20th Century Fox when he was laid off and then brought over to work in 1953 on conceptualization and architectural design for Walt Disney’s upcoming park. Marvin designed the first layout plan for Disneyland and over the next month worked on more than 100 versions of …
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